US8070513B2 - Cable assembly with improved wire holding device - Google Patents
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- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
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- H01R12/712—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit
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- H01R9/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, e.g. terminal strips or terminal blocks; Terminals or binding posts mounted upon a base or in a case; Bases therefor
- H01R9/03—Connectors arranged to contact a plurality of the conductors of a multiconductor cable, e.g. tapping connections
- H01R9/05—Connectors arranged to contact a plurality of the conductors of a multiconductor cable, e.g. tapping connections for coaxial cables
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- H01R9/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, e.g. terminal strips or terminal blocks; Terminals or binding posts mounted upon a base or in a case; Bases therefor
- H01R9/03—Connectors arranged to contact a plurality of the conductors of a multiconductor cable, e.g. tapping connections
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- H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
- H01R13/648—Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding
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- the present invention relates generally to a cable assembly, and more particularly to a cable assembly used in electric device and having improved wire holding device.
- Present cable assembly always includes a housing, a plurality of contacts and a plurality of cables.
- types of contacts used in present cable assembly, such as soldering contact, insulation displacement contact (IDC), and crimping contact and so on.
- the contact When the contact is connected to the cable through soldering method, the cable assembly sometimes defines a spacer with a plurality of slots to receive different cables.
- a primary object, therefore, of the present invention is to provide a cable assembly with an improved wire holding device and a method for producing the cable assembly.
- the cable assembly comprises a housing comprising a main body and a piece of mushy insulation block on the housing, a plurality of contacts receiving in the main body of the housing, and a plurality of cable.
- Each of the cable comprises at least an inner conductor and an outer insulation layer. The inner conductors are soldered to the contacts and the outer insulation layer each has a part fixed in the mushy insulation block of the housing.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cable assembly in according with the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1 , but taken from a different aspect
- FIG. 3 is an exploded, perspective view of the cable assembly in according with the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a few of contacts of the cable assembly in according with the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is an assembled perspective view of a housing assembled with contacts therein of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is an assembled perspective view of a housing with contacts and cables of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is an assembled perspective view of a housing with contacts, cables and hot-melt ribs of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is an assembled perspective view of a housing, contacts, cables, hot-melt ribs and a grounding bar of the present invention
- FIG. 9 is a cross-section view of the cable assembly taken along line 9 - 9 of FIG. 6 ;
- FIG. 10 is a cross-section view of the cable assembly taken along line 10 - 10 of FIG. 7 .
- FIGS. 1 to 4 illustrate perspective views of a cable assembly 100 made in accordance with the present invention and used to exchange electrical signals and be connected to the complementary connector (not shown).
- the cable connector 1 comprises a housing 1 having receiving space 103 therein and comprising an upper surface 101 and a lower surface 102 , a plurality of contact group 2 assembled on the housing and received in the receiving space, a plurality of cables 3 and a metal shell 4 covering the upper surface 101 of the housing 1 .
- the housing 1 comprises a main body 12 with the upper surface 101 and the lower surface 102 and a pair of side arms 14 extending from two sides of the main body 12 .
- the receiving space 103 is formed in the main body by upward extending from the lower surface 102 and comprises a plurality of receiving through 106 respectively arranged on the two side inner walls of the receiving space and extending to the outer walls.
- a plurality of receiving slots 104 are formed by downward extending from the upper surface 101 to communicate to the receiving space 103 .
- a plurality of passageways 105 are defined on the main body 12 by extending along a front-to-back direction perpendicular to the receiving slots 104 on the upper surface 101 .
- the passageways 105 are formed by a plurality of ribs 108 on the upper surface 101 of the main body 12 .
- the housing 1 further comprises a spacer 120 extending from the main body 12 .
- the spacers 120 comprises a flat floor 1202 is nestled on the main body 12 and a plurality of receiving grooves 1204 formed by a plurality of ribs 1206 upward extending from the flat floor 1202 .
- One end portions of the cables 3 are received in the receiving grooves 1204 respectively.
- the contact group 2 comprises a plurality of pairs of contacts 21 .
- Each pair of contacts 21 includes a first conduct 22 and a second conduct 23 .
- the first contact 22 comprises a J-shaped section 220 , a soldering section 222 , and a connecting section 221 connecting the J-shaped section 220 to the soldering section 222 .
- the second contact 23 comprises a J-shaped section 230 mirror symmetrical with the J-shaped section 220 of the first contact, a soldering section 232 and a connecting section 221 connecting the J-shaped section 230 to the soldering section 232 .
- the soldering sections 222 , 232 are narrower than the J-shaped sections 220 , 230 , and the connecting sections 221 , 231 has a narrower end 2210 connected to the soldering sections 222 , 232 and a wider end 2212 connected to the J-shaped sections 220 , 230 .
- the connecting section 221 of the first contact 22 extends along a straight line and the connecting section 231 of the second contact 23 is bend to approximately form a U-shaped configuration.
- the J-shaped sections 220 , 230 are respectively received in the receiving through 106 of the main body 12 , and the soldering sections 222 , 232 are respectively receiving in the passageways 105 of the main body 12 .
- the connecting sections 221 , 231 respectively pass through the receiving slots 104 of the main body 12 .
- the shell 4 comprises a flat main body 41 , and a pair of side arms 42 extending from the two sides of the main body 41 .
- the main body 41 comprises two holes 412 therethrough and two flexible pieces 413 respectively received in the two holes 412 .
- Each of the cable 3 comprises an inner conductor 31 , an inner insulation layer 32 , an outer conductor 33 , an outer insulation layer 34 .
- the inner insulation layers 32 are received in the passageway 105 and the ribs 108 are higher than the inner insulation layers 32 .
- a part of the outer insulation layers 34 which are adjacent to the outer conductor 33 , are received in the receiving grooves 1204 and the ribs 1026 are lower than the outer insulation layers 34 .
- the cable assembly 100 further comprises a grounding bar 5 fixed on the outer conductor 33 and electrically connected to all of the outer conductors 33 .
- the contacts 2 are fixed on the housing 1 to be received in the receiving slots 104 .
- the cable 3 are set on the spacer 120 of the housing 1 with the inner conductor 31 touching the contacts 2 , the outer conductor 33 received in the flat floor 1202 of the spacer 120 , the inner insulation layer 32 set in the passageways 105 , and the outer insulation layer 34 set in the receiving grooves 1204 of the spacer 120 .
- the inner conductor 31 touching the contacts 2
- the outer conductor 33 received in the flat floor 1202 of the spacer 120
- the inner insulation layer 32 set in the passageways 105
- the outer insulation layer 34 set in the receiving grooves 1204 of the spacer 120 .
- the ribs 108 are melt by hot bar method to make the ribs 108 flow into the passageways 105 to form a piece of mushy insulation block 109 to fix the inner insulation layers 32 of the cables 3 on the main body 12 .
- the fixing of the insulation layers 32 can sustain a good electrical connecting between the soldering sections 222 of the contacts 2 and the inner conductors 31 .
- the inner conductors 31 are soldered on the soldering sections of the contacts 2 to make the inner conductors 31 securely fixed on the contacts 2 .
- the grounding bar 5 is soldered on the outer conductors 33 of the cables 3 and electrically connected to each of the outer conductor 33 of the cables 3 .
- the structure and manufacturing method of the cable assembly 100 are suit for machine to solder the cables 3 to the contacts 2 .
- the cable assembly can be design to any structure except for owning a plurality of ribs to form a plurality of receiving grooves to receive cables, the cables can not be coaxial cables yet, and the ribs 106 can be hot melt by other method.
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